I don't own a microwave and that seems to blow a lot of people's minds, but honestly... I don't need it.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know about toxins in reheated rice, so thanks to whoever mentioned that.

I didn't have a microwave for years. Now I only use it for reheating coffee and breakfast bread, so I could easily do without it again.

When my parents were having their kitchen remodeled, they cooked everything in the microwave or the toaster oven, using the family room as a kitchen, so it can definitely be useful.

So, it’s like a hot plate.

Careful mentioning toaster ovens that also apparently triggers some people here.

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Anonymous wrote:Two hours later and I’m still cackling at the image of someone (tearfully) trying to cook chili in a toaster.

Honestly some days it’s like someone opened up the gates at St Mary’s and gave everyone a DCUM logon…

I’m still waiting for you to tell me why the toaster oven is better for chili. You started this shit bro? Let’s hear it. Do you really think you sound smart?

I’m the OP and I would never heat chili in a toaster oven. I don’t even own one.

Well thank you, I guess.

I’d love to hear from the lunatic above the whole reason for engaging with me in the first place.

You did bring it up…

Wrong. Might want to go back and re-read.

I was talking about why I prefer my children use a microwave when home alone vs a gas stove when the Karen chimed in with her “teach you latchkey kid to use a toaster oven.”

I did misread the oven part and asked her how exactly my kid is supposed to put chili in the toaster to which she latched on like flies on shit. I guess that made her feel oh so smart.

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Anonymous wrote:Two hours later and I’m still cackling at the image of someone (tearfully) trying to cook chili in a toaster.

Honestly some days it’s like someone opened up the gates at St Mary’s and gave everyone a DCUM logon…

I’m still waiting for you to tell me why the toaster oven is better for chili. You started this shit bro? Let’s hear it. Do you really think you sound smart?

I’m the OP and I would never heat chili in a toaster oven. I don’t even own one.

Well thank you, I guess.

I’d love to hear from the lunatic above the whole reason for engaging with me in the first place.

You did bring it up…

Wrong. Might want to go back and re-read.

I was talking about why I prefer my children use a microwave when home alone vs a gas stove when the Karen chimed in with her “teach you latchkey kid to use a toaster oven.”

I did misread the oven part and asked her how exactly my kid is supposed to put chili in the toaster to which she latched on like flies on shit. I guess that made her feel oh so smart.

please stop

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Anonymous wrote:Two hours later and I’m still cackling at the image of someone (tearfully) trying to cook chili in a toaster.

Honestly some days it’s like someone opened up the gates at St Mary’s and gave everyone a DCUM logon…

I’m still waiting for you to tell me why the toaster oven is better for chili. You started this shit bro? Let’s hear it. Do you really think you sound smart?

I’m the OP and I would never heat chili in a toaster oven. I don’t even own one.

Well thank you, I guess.

I’d love to hear from the lunatic above the whole reason for engaging with me in the first place.

You did bring it up…

Wrong. Might want to go back and re-read.

I was talking about why I prefer my children use a microwave when home alone vs a gas stove when the Karen chimed in with her “teach you latchkey kid to use a toaster oven.”

I did misread the oven part and asked her how exactly my kid is supposed to put chili in the toaster to which she latched on like flies on shit. I guess that made her feel oh so smart.

please stop

Nope. Feel free to stop reading and responding any time you want.

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Anonymous wrote:Two hours later and I’m still cackling at the image of someone (tearfully) trying to cook chili in a toaster.

Honestly some days it’s like someone opened up the gates at St Mary’s and gave everyone a DCUM logon…

I’m still waiting for you to tell me why the toaster oven is better for chili. You started this shit bro? Let’s hear it. Do you really think you sound smart?

I’m the OP and I would never heat chili in a toaster oven. I don’t even own one.

Well thank you, I guess.

I’d love to hear from the lunatic above the whole reason for engaging with me in the first place.

You did bring it up…

Wrong. Might want to go back and re-read.

I was talking about why I prefer my children use a microwave when home alone vs a gas stove when the Karen chimed in with her “teach you latchkey kid to use a toaster oven.”

I did misread the oven part and asked her how exactly my kid is supposed to put chili in the toaster to which she latched on like flies on shit. I guess that made her feel oh so smart.

please stop

Nope. Feel free to stop reading and responding any time you want.

c'mon dude, stop hijacking the thread, this thread is about a legit question. The toaster/chili thiing is just an internet slap fight.

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Anonymous wrote:Two hours later and I’m still cackling at the image of someone (tearfully) trying to cook chili in a toaster.

Honestly some days it’s like someone opened up the gates at St Mary’s and gave everyone a DCUM logon…

I’m still waiting for you to tell me why the toaster oven is better for chili. You started this shit bro? Let’s hear it. Do you really think you sound smart?

I’m the OP and I would never heat chili in a toaster oven. I don’t even own one.

Well thank you, I guess.

I’d love to hear from the lunatic above the whole reason for engaging with me in the first place.

You did bring it up…

Wrong. Might want to go back and re-read.

I was talking about why I prefer my children use a microwave when home alone vs a gas stove when the Karen chimed in with her “teach you latchkey kid to use a toaster oven.”

I did misread the oven part and asked her how exactly my kid is supposed to put chili in the toaster to which she latched on like flies on shit. I guess that made her feel oh so smart.

please stop

Nope. Feel free to stop reading and responding any time you want.

c'mon dude, stop hijacking the thread, this thread is about a legit question. The toaster/chili thiing is just an internet slap fight.

Hahahahaha some responses have been legit, but the whole thread is about as idiotic as they get.

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Anonymous wrote:Two hours later and I’m still cackling at the image of someone (tearfully) trying to cook chili in a toaster.

Honestly some days it’s like someone opened up the gates at St Mary’s and gave everyone a DCUM logon…

I’m still waiting for you to tell me why the toaster oven is better for chili. You started this shit bro? Let’s hear it. Do you really think you sound smart?

I’m the OP and I would never heat chili in a toaster oven. I don’t even own one.

Well thank you, I guess.

I’d love to hear from the lunatic above the whole reason for engaging with me in the first place.

You did bring it up…

Wrong. Might want to go back and re-read.

I was talking about why I prefer my children use a microwave when home alone vs a gas stove when the Karen chimed in with her “teach you latchkey kid to use a toaster oven.”

I did misread the oven part and asked her how exactly my kid is supposed to put chili in the toaster to which she latched on like flies on shit. I guess that made her feel oh so smart.

please stop

Nope. Feel free to stop reading and responding any time you want.

c'mon dude, stop hijacking the thread, this thread is about a legit question. The toaster/chili thiing is just an internet slap fight.

Hahahahaha some responses have been legit, but the whole thread is about as idiotic as they get.

so, please stop

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Anonymous wrote:Two hours later and I’m still cackling at the image of someone (tearfully) trying to cook chili in a toaster.

Honestly some days it’s like someone opened up the gates at St Mary’s and gave everyone a DCUM logon…

I’m still waiting for you to tell me why the toaster oven is better for chili. You started this shit bro? Let’s hear it. Do you really think you sound smart?

I’m the OP and I would never heat chili in a toaster oven. I don’t even own one.

Well thank you, I guess.

I’d love to hear from the lunatic above the whole reason for engaging with me in the first place.

You did bring it up…

Wrong. Might want to go back and re-read.

I was talking about why I prefer my children use a microwave when home alone vs a gas stove when the Karen chimed in with her “teach you latchkey kid to use a toaster oven.”

I did misread the oven part and asked her how exactly my kid is supposed to put chili in the toaster to which she latched on like flies on shit. I guess that made her feel oh so smart.

please stop

Nope. Feel free to stop reading and responding any time you want.

c'mon dude, stop hijacking the thread, this thread is about a legit question. The toaster/chili thiing is just an internet slap fight.

Hahahahaha some responses have been legit, but the whole thread is about as idiotic as they get.

so, please stop

Do you have anything of substance to add?

[Anonymous]

All this talk about kids being goods with microwaves—the food can be insanely hot coming out, and w/the uneven heating it can be quite unexpected.

Also, metal in the microwave is legitimately a disaster and dangerous. Even the adults I work with keep trying to put tinfoil in it.

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Anonymous wrote:All this talk about kids being goods with microwaves—the food can be insanely hot coming out, and w/the uneven heating it can be quite unexpected.

Also, metal in the microwave is legitimately a disaster and dangerous. Even the adults I work with keep trying to put tinfoil in it.

The difference is an ouchy vs the whole house burning down 🙄🙄🙄

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Anonymous wrote:I use mine multiple times a day and don't think too much about how long to put things in for.

Corn - 4 minutes
Reheating chicken - 45 seconds, then flip and 30 seconds
Popcorn - 2 - 2.5 minutes
Rice - 90 seconds
Chinese food - 45 seconds, stir and 30 seconds

I will reheat soup on the stove.

I'd be SUPER careful reheating rice. I don't FULLY understand the toxin thing, but I don't really want anything to do with reheated rice.

I guess I don’t either. I reheat rice in the microwave all the time as part of leftovers, and have for 20 years. Pretty sure every normal person reheats rice in the microwave. Whats the big deal?

Read about old rice and toxins. It can kill you. I never worried too much until I read about it and it’s a very real thing.

I would venture to say 99% people in the US reheat rice in the microwave as part of reheating a leftover dinner/lunch. It is not dangerous. This is is paranoia

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t use my microwave that much but for things like frozen peas, frozen corn, reheating leftovers, melting butter, etc. - I strongly prefer microwave to stovetop. Also for warming up my coffee!

The trick to heating frozen peas and corn on the stovetop is to not cook it for more than, like 2 minutes. Def a stove over a microwave option.

As far as melting butter, I just put it in a bowl on top of my stove while I preheat the oven and it usually takes care of it.

Right but I can microwave peas in 2 mins without the need to boil water. Similarly, I can melt butter in 30 seconds. So I’m going to use the microwave.

You shouldn't use much water to boil peas. The whole process takes less than 4 minutes. It's not hard.

It's nice if you find the microwave useful, but it hardly seems worth buying one to do peas 180 seconds faster.

Lol. It’s not that I care how much water it takes. Boiling water takes longer. I am not sure what your point is. You claim people are sho med you don’t need a microwave then you provide pages of examples of how there are slower ways to do things in more steps. Some people appreciate convenience. You don’t. End of thread. Thanks for sharing.

Your level of agression is super strange but the amount of water matters because it affects cooking time.

I appreciate convenience but there are always trade offs and the convenience of microwaves is surprisingly limited and not much benefit. I was attempting to have a discussion to see what I’m missing and if people have microwave tricks if they want to share, but as I predicted, my non reliance on microwaves seems to have triggered you. Let’s talk about why…

What was aggressive?

[Anonymous]

I cannot believe this stupid thread has reached 8 pages! And yes, I know I am contributing to it, but I can’t look away!

[Anonymous]

Use my microwave every day. It's terrific for vegetables, particularly corn. And plain popcorn, which I enjoy as a snack

Also use my high-end toaster oven every day. It's an air fryer and convection oven, too, so we use it when the main oven is occupied.

It's nonsense that a stove or oven are just as fast for leftovers. Those appliances take forever just to heat up.

Oh, and I'm a food editor.

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Anonymous wrote:All this talk about kids being goods with microwaves—the food can be insanely hot coming out, and w/the uneven heating it can be quite unexpected.

Also, metal in the microwave is legitimately a disaster and dangerous. Even the adults I work with keep trying to put tinfoil in it.

The difference is an ouchy vs the whole house burning down 🙄🙄🙄

If your kid is old enough to stay home and feed themself, they should be able to turn an oven on or put something on the stove. And whether they're cooking on the stovetop or microwaving, they should know how to use a fire extinguisher.

I'm not offering an opinoin on the usefulness of microwaves.